RE: Ithica Deer Slayer
i owned one
it was a featherlight, 12g that would shoot 3" shells.
nice to carry, but killed my shoulder. i'm around 175 and thin. a little shy to recoil, being spoiled with the guns in the army. traded it for a moss. 500.
the deerslayer is a nice gun, light, accurate, quick to the shoulder. but in my opinion to much recoil to enjoy shooting which is what i like to do. hope this helps. i would get that one for under 300 bucks if i were you. will become collectors guns sooner or later and if ya don't like it you probably could do a straight trade for a used rem. or moss. anyway.